8/22/2017
Image credit: ASLA 2010 Professional Residential Design Honor Award. Catalina Foothills, Tucson, Arizona / D. A. Horchner / Design Workshop, Inc. This project implemented the first graywater reuse system for residential application in the region. It is intended to reduce water consumption by approximately 40 percent.
Homeowners can use green infrastructure approaches, like bioswales and bioretention ponds, rain gardens, rainwater harvesting, water recycling, and drip irrigation to more sustainably manage water.
Read More“ASLA is deeply concerned with the executive order’s roll back of the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS). This order ignores both existing risks of flooding and future impacts of climate change, thereby increasing the risk of loss of property and lives.”
Read MoreOn August 7, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt submitted a report to Congress and the president that highlights the progress and accomplishments under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) during 2016.
Read MoreThree events will close out August. Be sure to take advantage of them!
Read MoreThe ASLA 2017 Annual Meeting and EXPO will offer five workshops that give attendees the opportunity to learn how to navigate and problem-solve from experts in the field.
Read More“The doyenne of American landscape architecture — and the only woman among the 11 founding members of the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1899 — worked to develop a school of horticulture and landscape design at her home in Bar Harbor, Maine.” -- Boston.com / Boston Globe
Read MoreMark you calendars for coming events near you.
Read MoreWe asked PPN members, Who / what is your go-to resource when you have a question about landscape architecture practice. Here is the breakdown of responses.
Read MoreRecent member anniversaries and arrivals.
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